Wondering what the monthly cost breakdown is for a Type 1

[otherottawaguy]

Good morning:

Wondering what the  comparative costs are between Afrezza and other treatment regiments.

I look at last weeks numbers 1.74M for 836 prescriptions, or  $2081 per prescription. I am working with the idea that this is a 3 month / 90 day, so daily cost is $23.12 on average.

Is this a correct starting cost for a patient?

Anyone care to take a jab at what the other competitors are charging? Including required supplies?

Thanks in Advance,

OOG

[peppy]

Feb 24, 2023 9:42:30 GMT -5 otherottawaguy said:

Good morning:

Wondering what the  comparative costs are between Afrezza and other treatment regiments.

I look at last weeks numbers 1.74M for 836 prescriptions, or  $2081 per prescription. I am working with the idea that this is a 3 month / 90 day, so daily cost is $23.12 on average.

Is this a correct starting cost for a patient?

Anyone care to take a jab at what the other competitors are charging? Including required supplies?

Thanks in Advance,

OOG

probably for type 1, as type one uses less insulin.

[agedhippie]

Feb 24, 2023 9:42:30 GMT -5 otherottawaguy said:

Good morning:

Wondering what the  comparative costs are between Afrezza and other treatment regiments.

I look at last weeks numbers 1.74M for 836 prescriptions, or  $2081 per prescription. I am working with the idea that this is a 3 month / 90 day, so daily cost is $23.12 on average.

Is this a correct starting cost for a patient?

Anyone care to take a jab at what the other competitors are charging? Including required supplies?

Thanks in Advance,

OOG

Taking just pens and ignoring vials the same numbers for :

 - Humalog is: $49.93M for 51750 prescriptions, or $964 per prescription. So using the same assumption that is a daily cost of $10.72 on average.
 - Novolog is: $73.98M for 71560 prescriptions, or $1,033 per prescription. Giving a daily cost of $11.48 on average.

Out of curiosity I did the numbers for some of the non-insulin injectables :

 - Ozempic (excluding Wegovy and Rybelsus to get just the diabetes number): $569.15M for 386.66k prescriptions or $1,471 per prescription. Giving a daily cost of $16.35 on average.
 - Trulicity is: $408.24M for 274.01k prescriptions, or $1,489 per prescription. Giving a daily cost of $16.55 on average.

Trulicity and Ozempic are roughly the same cost so they are probably right. I looked at Mounjaro, but the numbers came out unreasonably low ($1,286) which makes me think there are a lot of monthly prescriptions in there since it's still so new. None of these numbers include needles, but at this point that cost is a rounding error (it's cents)

These are all Symphony numbers via Bloomberg so the source is consistent with the Afrezza numbers.